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only gonna be there for one night (and a half) in march so would like to make the most of it. london is overwhelming and we're not really going to have time to work our way around so it would be nice to stay somewhere with good bars/restaurants/shops and stuff close by. if you guys could recommend a reasonably priced hostel (or just tell me where would be a good area to stay) that would be LOVELY.

st christopher's inns seem to have some pretty cheap deals going, which of these places is best to be for eating and drinking and walking around (i literally know nothing about london): southwark, hammersmith, greenwich, shepherd's bush, camden

because typing 'london' into google will give me a whole host of exciting information about things such as the london eye and big ben, which i'm not particularly interested in, and also an overwhelming amount of generic information about each area which will not give me much insight into its atmosphere or general appeal. instead, i thought that a forum full of people who live in london and who share similar interests to me might be a fast useful way of garnering more personal information about which areas would most appeal outside of the obvious tourist trail. IS THAT OKAY????11!/?

if you're recommending shepherds bush, you might as well recommend hammersmith, as it's literally right next to it...easy to walk to shep bush from hammersmith.
also the shepherds bush empire is a horrible venue with awful sound. i can't stand the place.
westfield is pretty cool though.